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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • G06F16/58—Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Definitions

• 3 ⁇ 4 Child commerce system Electronic commerce system and electronic commerce method, identification information adding device, computer readable recording medium recording identification information adding program, transaction information providing device, and transaction information providing program Readable recording medium, payment information providing device, computer readable recording medium storing payment information providing program, settlement processing device, and computer storing payment processing program Computer-readable recording medium, electronic commerce terminal, and computer-readable recording medium on which electronic commerce program D programs are recorded
• the present invention relates to an electronic commerce system or the like that provides information on a commercial transaction through a network such as the Internet, and more particularly to an electronic commerce system using identification information added to image data.
• the present invention relates to an electronic commerce system and the like that can improve the degree of freedom of a transaction and allow a user to easily conduct a business transaction. Background art
• WWW World Wide Web
• HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
• product information such as a product's function, product appearance, and price is converted to an HTML file by an HTTP server connected to the Internet. , Image data, etc., and the user browses product information by operating the HTTP browsing software ⁇ : L (Web browser) running on the terminal. You can get product information.
• HTTP browsing software ⁇ : L (Web browser) running on the terminal. You can get product information.
• the user who has obtained the product information is, for example, in a predetermined form provided from the HTTP server, the information on the product to be traded such as the name and price, and the name, address, credit card number, etc. Payment can be made by filling in the information and sending it to the server that accepts the payment information.Also, select the appropriate product while browsing the product information using, for example, a web browser Finally, there are e-commerce systems that allow for final settlement.
• an instruction from the user is detected based on the user's access to the HTTP server, and when the user selects an item, the information on the item is displayed. Record it.
• a button for selecting a product is defined in an HTML (Hypertext Description Language) file for providing product information, and when a button is selected. Then, information on the product number, price, etc. and information on the user (for example, IP address etc.) are passed to the predetermined process.) This allows the user to browse the product information as appropriate. Products can be selected sequentially.
• a button or the like for instructing settlement is defined, and when the user instructs settlement by selecting the button, the purchased item list is based on the items recorded so far.
• the user receiving this form enters the information about the purchaser, such as name, address, credit card number, etc., and sends the payment to the server device that accepts the payment information, thereby completing the payment. Do. This allows the user to easily conduct transactions such as purchasing goods.
• the product selection status is recorded for each user. Users need to be identified. As information for identifying a user, information indicating access from a specific user on the Internet, for example, an IP address of a terminal used by the user is required.
• IP address of the terminal device is set by dynamic IP address control (so-called DHCP)
• DHCP dynamic IP address control
• the IP address may change each time the terminal device is started, and the merchandise selection and payment must be performed before the terminal device is restarted.
• the IP address of the router is transmitted from the HTTP server side. In some cases, only the IP address of each terminal can be identified, and the IP address of each terminal cannot be identified. However, in an e-commerce system that allows users to select products as appropriate while browsing product information using a web browser, and to make final payments, the status of product selection and other information is determined by an HTTP server. Because it is managed, it was not possible to settle payments for products provided by multiple HTTP servers at once.
• the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides an electronic commerce system or the like that improves the degree of freedom of a commercial transaction and allows a user to perform a commercial transaction relatively easily. aimed to. Disclosure of the invention
• the present invention is characterized in that unique identification information corresponding to a transaction object is generated, the generated identification information is added to predetermined image data provided by an information providing device, and a correspondence between the identification information and the transaction object is recorded. It has features.
• the information providing device includes application software such as an HTTP server and a file server running on a general-purpose OS, as well as processing embedded in the dedicated OS or dedicated software. And the like.
• Some devices are connected by other secure routes such as VPN.
• the terminal has HTTP browser software that runs on a general-purpose OS.
• it also includes processing built into the dedicated OS, or means such as a dedicated software program.
• FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic commerce system according to one embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an outline of the operation of the server device, the terminal device, and the settlement device which constitute the electronic commerce system,
• FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a table (generation log) recorded by the database of the server device.
• FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display device of the terminal device
• FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a table (update log) recorded by the database of the server device
• FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display device of the terminal device when making a payment by the prepaid method
• Fig. 7 shows the configuration of an information image file showing the storage structure of image-related information.
• Fig. 8 shows an example of image-related information.
• Fig. 9 is an explanatory diagram of access to the pointer by menu selection
• Fig. 10 is an explanatory diagram of terror display processing
• Fig. 11 is an illustration of the addition of an information image by dragging and dropping from the menu.
• FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment in which display of a first management area and display of a second management area are switched by selecting a tab.
• FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment in which the display of the first management area and the display of the second management area are displayed simultaneously by being divided by frames;
• FIG. 14 shows that when an information image file is accessed in the first management area (HTML), the second management area (HTML) is displayed after updating and a new information image file is managed.
• FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment to be performed. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
• FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic commerce system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
• This e-commerce system includes a server device 20 connected via a network 10 such as the Internet, a terminal device 30 and a payment device 40 for receiving payment information.
• a network 10 such as the Internet
• a terminal device 30 for receiving payment information.
• a payment device 40 for receiving payment information.
• FIG. 1 for convenience, the server 20, the terminal 30, and the settlement device 40 connected to the network 10 are shown as one each. Is not particularly restricted.
• server device 20 and the settlement device 40 may be configured as separate devices as shown in FIG. 1, or may be the same device.
• the server device 20 includes a microprocessor (MPU) 21, a memory 22, an operating system (OS), and software such as an HTTP server.
• MPU microprocessor
• OS operating system
• HDD Hard disk drive device
• NIC network work evening interface
• the terminal device 30 includes a microprocessor (MPU) 31, a memory 32, an operating system (OS), and an HTTP browsing software (Web browser). 3), a display interface 34, an input interface 35, and a network interface (NIC). It has 36 mag.
• MPU microprocessor
• OS operating system
• Web browser HTTP browsing software
• NIC network interface
• a display device 37 is connected to the display interface 34, and displays an OS operation screen, a Web browser display screen, and the like.
• a keyboard 38 and a pointing device 39 such as a mouse are connected to the input interface 35, and instructions from a user via these peripheral devices are provided. Is entered.
• the settlement device 40 includes software such as a microprocessor (MPU) 41, a memory 42, an operating system (OS), and software such as an HTTP server.
• MPU microprocessor
• OS operating system
• HTTP server software
• a hard disk drive (HDD) 43 that stores data and image data, etc., and a network interface (NIC) 44 are provided.
• FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an outline of functional blocks showing operations of the server device 20, the terminal device 30, and the settlement device 40.
• the communication control process for distributing communication processes to predetermined services such as Telnet, FTP, HTTP, etc., based on port information and the like.
• HTTP server 203, etc. are being executed in parallel.
• the HTTP server 203 provides information on the transaction target as an HTML file, image data, and the like.
• information on the transaction target In commercial transactions, it is necessary to specify the target of the transaction based on the name, price, etc. of the target. In this commercial transaction system, such information is specified by obtaining payment information corresponding to identification information added to specific image data provided to a user.
• specific image data transmitted by the HTTP server 203 is provided with unique identification information (transaction identification information) for each transaction object.
• the specific image data to which the identification information is added is referred to, for example, from an HTML file that provides information about the transaction object, and is terminated according to the HTML file. It is displayed on the display screen of the device 30. By passing this image data to a predetermined transaction processing program in the terminal device 30, it is possible to execute the settlement using the identification information. .
• the management of the table indicating the correspondence between the identification information and the settlement information such as the name and price for each transaction object is not necessarily performed by the processing of the database 206 executed by the server device 20 or the like. It may not be executed, and may be executed by a process executed by another device.
• control of the entire device under the control of the OS 301, control of the entire device, communication control processing 302, input control from the user, web browser 303, commercial transaction processing 304, etc. Processing is being performed in parallel.
• the transaction processing 304 is performed by using the identification information added to the image data as described above. And a settlement process for sending settlement information and the like to the settlement device 40 and requesting settlement.
• the settlement device 40 under the control of the OS 401, the control of the entire device, the communication control process 402, and the settlement process 303 of the terminal device 30 are performed. Processing such as payment server 403, which processes payment requests based on payment information, is being executed in parallel.
• the settlement process executed by the settlement server 403 includes a settlement by credit card, a settlement by debiting from a user's account, and a so-called prepaid method. Payments by Yahoo!
• the transaction identification information added to the specific image data described above is added to the transaction identification information described above.
• Acquisition of settlement information such as the name and price of the corresponding transaction target can be performed on the settlement device 40 side by the following operations (A) and (B). Either (example of A) or execution on the terminal device 30 side (example of B), the mounting method can be changed as appropriate.
• the settlement server 400 receives only the transaction identification information added to the image data from the terminal device 30 and acquires the settlement information such as the price of the transaction object corresponding to the identification information from the server device 30. I do.
• the settlement process 30 6 executed by the terminal device 30 acquires the settlement information such as the price of the transaction target corresponding to the identification information from the sono device 20. Then, it sends it to settlement server 403.
• information about the purchaser such as name, address, credit card number, etc., is obtained from the client ID according to the database 206, etc. If it is configured to be managed in accordance with the
• the configuration is such that the client ID is managed by corresponding to 0 with 0 During the settlement, only the client ID is transmitted to the settlement device 40 at the time of settlement, and the settlement device 40 does not acquire it from the database 206 and the settlement device 40 does not acquire the client ID. It can be specified if it is obtained from management information.
• a cookie from each terminal device 40 is transmitted over the Internet.
• the settlement device 40 acquires information for identifying the user from the smart device 20.
• the number of the server devices 20 is smaller than the number of the terminal devices 30, and the management technique of the administrator of the server device 20 is generally used. It is considered to be relatively higher than the settlement device 40 and the settlement device 40 compared to the improvement in security between the settlement device 40 and the terminal device 30. Upgrading the security C between the server devices 20 is relatively easy, and it is possible to reduce the possibility of outflow of information about the purchaser.
• the terminal device 30 to the settlement device 4 at the time of settlement from the viewpoint of transaction safety. You may send it to 0.
• the settlement device compares the information about the purchaser obtained separately with the information about the purchaser from the terminal device 30 by comparing the information with the purchaser. This is because it is possible to evaluate the reliability of the information to be obtained.
• transaction identification information is used as identification information, and information regarding the purchaser, such as name, address, credit card number, etc. is transmitted from the terminal device 30 to the payment device 40 at the time of payment. You may do so.
• the user operates the terminal device 30 through the input interface 35 to obtain a target address (URL: Uniform Resource Locator, a server device on which the HTTP server is running).
• a target address URL: Uniform Resource Locator, a server device on which the HTTP server is running.
• the web browser 303 inputs a host name and a file name
• the web browser 303 sends the file to the server device 20 corresponding to the host name.
• This connection request is supplied to the target server device 20 via the communication control process 302 and the network 10, and is transmitted to the HTTP server 203 via the communication control process 202. Supplied to
• the HTTP server 203 reads data corresponding to the file name in the connection request from the HDD 23 and transmits the data to the terminal device 30.
• the first URL given by the user may indicate only the host name or only the host name and a specific directory. In such a case, the URL of the host must first be specified.
• the file (index, html) with the standard name in the root directory or the indicated directory is read and transmitted to the terminal device 30.
• a file with such a standard name or a file specified by the user can display characters, display images, and export to other files in accordance with HTML (Hypertext Description Language). Links are described.
• the file from the HTTP server 203 is supplied to the web browser 303 via the communication control processing 302 of the network 10 and the terminal device 30.
• the Web browser 303 generates display image data according to the description of this file, and supplies the display image data to the OS 301.
• the OS 301 assigns the display image data from the web browser 303 to the web browser as an image in the window, and displays the image via the display interface 34.
• the web browser 303 Requests the HTTP server 203 to transmit the image data corresponding to the file name.
• the HTTP server 203 Upon receiving such a transmission request, the HTTP server 203 reads out the image data of the requested file name from the HDD 23 and transmits the image data to the Web browser 303.
• the Web browser 303 Upon receiving this image data, the Web browser 303 supplies this image data as image data at a predetermined position in the above-described display image data, and supplies it to the OS 301.
• an image based on the received image data is displayed at a predetermined position in the window of the Web browser 303.
• the HTTP server 203 also provides the specific image data to which the above-mentioned transaction identification information corresponding to the settlement information is added.
• the above-described identification information addition processing 205 is implemented, for example, as an extension program (so-called plug-in) of the HTTP server 203.
• the file transmission processing 204 in the HTTP server 203 reads the specific image data file from the HDD 23 and transmits it.
• identification information such as the above-described transaction identification information and access identification information is added to the image data.
• the transaction identification information can be, for example, a number or a symbol assigned to each transaction target. Also. If there is no duplication, the name of the transaction object can be used.
• the access-specific information may include, for example, the IP address of the terminal device 30 operated by the user and the access date and time for the server. It can be generated based on such information.
• the unique identification information (client) assigned to each user or each terminal device 30 in the business transaction processing 304 is described below.
• An access ID may also be used to generate access identification information.
• the access date and time itself may be used as the access identification information.
• the access date and time itself may be used as the access identification information.
• two or more accesses to one server device 20 are not processed at the same time, so that information identifying each access can be obtained only by the access date and time. Therefore, individual image data can be identified even if the access date is added to the image data as access identification information.
• the access log includes an IP address of a terminal device 30 of a user using the HTTP server.
• the dress, access date and time, etc. can be recorded. For this reason, when the access date and time are used as identification information, by referring to this access log, the IP address corresponding to the access date and time added to the image data can be obtained. You can get Therefore, the IP address of the user who has accessed the image data can be easily specified.
• each access can be identified and the IP address of the terminal device 30 operated by the user can be specified. Since it is relatively easy to specify the client ID and the client ID mentioned above, it is necessary to improve the security and the transaction safety. Is what you want.
• the identification information is added so that it can be recognized as image data, for example, it may be added to an empty area defined on the image format
• the image data may be embedded in the image data by using a so-called electronic watermarking technique which is diffused and added to the image data, or may be added to the front area or the rear area of the image data body on the image format.
• the identification information may be added as it is to reduce the processing load, or may be added after performing processing such as encoding and encryption as appropriate to improve security. Good.
• the image data to which the identification information has been added in this way is treated in the same manner as the normal image data in the file transmission processing 204 and the communication control processing 202, and the Web Sent to browser 303.
• the database 206 contains the name, price, and possible payment methods (credit card, transfer, prepaid method, etc.).
• a URL indicating the address of the settlement server 403 that can be settled, or a network such as a line or VPN to which the settlement server is connected.
• the settlement table that shows the relationship between the unique settlement information and the transaction identification information is recorded for each transaction target such as the access method to the transaction.
• the database 206 acquires information indicating the access status of the user via the OS 201, the HTTP server 203, and the like, and the access identification added by the identification information addition processing 205 is performed.
• Create a table (generation log) indicating the correspondence between the information and the information indicating the user's access status, and record it on the HDD 23.
• the generated log includes the IP address of the access source, the host name of the server device 20 on which the HTTP server 203 is running, and the access name. It includes the date and time, the file name of the image data, the access identification information added by the identification information addition processing 205, and the like.
• the generated log or update log described later
• the access identification information added to the image data, the access source IP address, and the access date and time can be obtained. And other information indicating the access status of the user. Therefore, the user can be specified relatively easily.
• FIG. 2 shows an example in which the identification information addition processing 205 is implemented as an extension program of the HTTP server 203, but the above-described transaction identification information and access It is sufficient to have a function to add access identification information.
• image files are stored in a file independent of the HTTP server. Monitors access and implements such processing as sending transaction identification information and image data with access identification information added when there is an access request for a specific image file. You can do it.
• the ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ server and the file server do not necessarily have to be implemented as separate devices. May be executed.
• the so-called emulator multiple OSs can be executed on a single device, processing as an HTTP server can be executed on one OS, and executed on another OS. Processing as a filer or the like can be executed. As a result, although it is physically one device, it is possible to execute processing equivalent to a plurality of devices.
• the setting of access rights and the like can be set separately for the HTTP server and the file server, etc., and the flexibility of security settings and the like is improved. Therefore
• the identification information or image data including the identification information is stored. If you do, you can settle it later. In other words, even if a user connected to the Internet with a dialup disconnects and loses the connection and the IP address changes, the data is saved. The settlement can be made by using the identification information that has been set or the image data to which the identification information has been added. For this reason, it is not necessary to select and settle the transaction object during one connection, and it is possible to improve the degree of freedom of the business transaction.
• the transaction object can be settled by the same settlement server, the image data with multiple identification information or identification information added is stored.
• the transaction identification information in the identification information is transmitted to the settlement server together with the transaction identification information.
• the operation can be simplified, and the user can perform the business bow I relatively easily.
• the commercial transaction processing 304 executed by the terminal device 20 performs processing according to the identification information when the image data to which the identification information is added is supplied from the Web browser 303.
• This processing includes, for example, management of saving, deleting, updating, etc. of the image data based on the identification information added to the image data, and furthermore, the transaction identification added to the image data as described above. Includes processing to execute settlement based on the information.
• this business transaction processing 304 is executed by the above-mentioned OS 301 in the web browser 303 window.
• window 502 is assigned
• the supply of image data from the web browser 303 to the commercial transaction processing 304 can be performed by a so-called drag drop operation under the control of the OS 301. it can.
• the user operates the pointing device 39 to display the point 503 on the image 504 displayed in the window 501 of the web browser 303.
• the pointing device 39 is further operated to move the pointer 503 to the commerce processing step 304.
• the web browser 303 enters the transaction processing 304 via the OS 301. Image data is supplied.
• the commercial transaction processing 304 displays the image 505 corresponding to the supplied image data at the position of the pointer 503.
• the image data is stored in such a manner that when the image data is supplied by the above-described drag drop operation, the commercial transaction processing 304 executes the predetermined processing of the HDD 33 via the OS 301. This is done by saving in the area.
• the commercial transaction processing 304 requests the above-mentioned payment information corresponding to the transaction identification information of the image data in the evening from the database 206, and converts the payment information acquired from the database 206 into image data. You may make it correspond and save it.
• deletion of the image data is performed by deleting the image data selected by the instruction from the user from the above-mentioned predetermined area of the HDD 33.
• Update of the image data is performed to update the stored image data to the latest one at that time.
• This updating process may be performed, for example, according to an instruction from the user, or may be recorded in a file of image data. It may be executed based on information such as the creation date. Further, the program may be automatically executed at predetermined intervals.
• the commercial transaction process 304 When the update process is started, the commercial transaction process 304 first extracts the identification information added to the image data to be updated, and transmits the identification information, the file name, and the like to the HTTP server. 203, Send to database 206 to request update of image data.
• Such an update request is transmitted via the communication control processing 302, the network 10, and the communication control processing 202 as a bucket of a predetermined port to the HTTP server '2. 0 3, Supplied to database 206.
• the commercial transaction 304 may transmit the entire image data, and the HTTP server 203 or the database 206 may extract identification information from the obtained image data.
• client ID unique identification information
• This client ID is transmitted to a packet of a predetermined port via the communication control processing 302, the network 10, and the communication control processing 202, for example, when updating image data.
• the data is supplied to the HTTP server 203 and the database 206 as the default.
• the file transmission processing 204 of the HTTP server 203 reads the image data corresponding to the file name of the update request from the HDD 2. Instruct 3
• the identification information adding process 205 generates new access identification information according to the access status from the user and adds the generated access identification information to the image data.
• the identification information adding process 205 confirms whether or not the transaction identification information has been updated, and if the transaction identification information has been updated, adds new transaction identification information to the image data.
• the image data to which the new identification information has been added ends via a predetermined port. It is supplied to the commercial transaction processing 304 of the terminal device 30, and the image data is updated.
• the database 206 acquires information indicating the access status of the user via the OS 201, the HTTP server 203, etc., and the identification information addition processing 205 acquires the newly added identification information.
• a table (update log) indicating the correspondence between the information and the information indicating the access status of the user is created and recorded in the HDD 23 separately from the above-described generation log.
• this update log includes the IP address of the access source, the host name of the server 20 to which the identification information is newly added, and the address, as shown in FIG.
• the server device 20 that generated the original identification information is specified.
• Information generation server ID
• a user or a client ID for specifying the terminal device 30 used by the user.
• the settlement server 403 evaluates the accuracy and reliability of the information from the user by comparing the information sent from the user with the information on the user obtained from the update log. This makes it relatively easy to improve transaction security.
• the settlement process based on the transaction identification information added to the image data is performed by the user selecting specific image data and instructing the settlement. When the settlement is instructed, the settlement process is completed.
• the transaction identification information, the access identification information, and the above-mentioned client ID of the image data selected by the user are transmitted to the settlement server 403, and the settlement server 403 receives the identification information. Execute the settlement process according to the etc.
• the user operates the pointing device 39 to display on the display screen of the display device 37.
• the image 601 including the identification information (prepaid identification information) associated with the prepaid information displayed in the above is designated by superimposing the image 601 on the image 602 to be settled. You may.
• the payment processing unit 306 sends transaction identification information, prepaid identification information, and the like to the payment server 403, and the payment server 403 sends the identification information to the payment server 403. Execute the settlement process according to the request.
• the image data processing 3 05 supplies this URL to the settlement processing 3 06 to instruct settlement.
• the user can instruct the payment server 403 of the predetermined URL to settle the payment by referring to only the image data, and the user can easily perform the business transaction.
• a method of accessing a network to which the payment server 403 is connected (for example, connection using a dedicated line, VPN, or the like) Is displayed, the commercial transaction processing 3 0 4 or the settlement processing 3 0 6 is automatically performed by the access method via the communication control processing 3 0 2 according to the access method 4 0 3. It may be configured to connect to and make a payment. As a result, the user can conduct a business transaction without particularly worrying about access to the settlement server 403, and the convenience can be improved.
• FIG. 2 shows an example in which the commercial transaction processing 304 is implemented as a processing different from the Web browser 303, but the processing is performed on the image data in response to an instruction from the user. It is sufficient to have a function of transmitting the added transaction identification information to the payment server. It can also be implemented as a program (so-called plug-in).
• server device 20 and the payment device 40 are each shown as a single device, the server device and the payment device can be used as both a server device and a payment device by implementing a program for executing both processes. it can.
• the payment information is managed in association with the transaction identification information by the database 206, and the transaction identification information is added to the image data.
• the payment information may be added together with the identification information.
• FIG. 7 is an example of a data structure of an image file handled in the embodiment.
• the image file shown in FIG. 7 has a start part 51 indicating the start of the data stream, an image data part 52 describing the display data of the image, and an influence on the display of the image. It includes an annotation section 53 describing information not to be given and an end section 54 indicating the end of the data stream.
• JPEG files and GIF files adopt such a data structure.
• the pointer information such as the identification information and the URL added to the image data described above can be described in the annotation section 53 as information that does not affect the display of the image.
• it can be described in a format having an information area that does not affect the display of an image.
• the identification information unique to the image file and one or more pieces of information are stored in an area that is ignored when displaying the image.
• Pointer, menu corresponding to the image file An index of one item, or Z and the substance of the program can be recorded.
• it can be added to image data by digital watermarking (watermarking) technology.
• image-related information An image file in which image-related information is added to image data is called an "information image file”.
• FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of the image-related information.
• the image-related information shown in Fig. 8 (a) includes information on the image name, password, expiration date, thumbnail image, category, and keyword.
• the “image name” is the name of an image displayed as a thumbnail in the window 502 of the image data processing 305.
• Password is a password that the user is required to input when the information image file is supplied to the image data processing device 105. Only the user who knows the pass- word can register the information image file in the image data processing unit 2005.
• the “expiration date” is the expiration date of the information image file supplied to the image data processing unit 305, and after the expiration date, the information image file is stored in the recording area of the HDD 33. Will be removed from the list.
• “Thumbnail image” replaces the image displayed on the browser when the information image file displayed on the browser is supplied to the window of image data processing 2005.
• the “category” is a directory in which, when an information image file is supplied to the image data processing unit 305, a folder in which the information image file is to be stored is specified. If the specified folder does not exist, the image data processing 305 creates a new folder with the specified name.
• “Keyword” is used to detect information image files that have been supplied with image data processing 2005. This is a key that is used as a search key when searching.
• the image-related information shown in Fig. 8 (b) is assigned to the command name, action table, and mouse (pointing device) operation for each pointer information.
• the platform are associated as a set.
• Pointer information specifies the location of the file on the local computer or on the network. For example, a file name, a path name that points to the location of the resource on the local computer, or a UNC that points to the location of the resource in the network environment. (Universal Naming Convention), URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) or URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers) that point to locations of resources on the Internet or on the Internet. Constitute .
• the “command name” is a display name used to display the content of the evening meal on the menu. For example, “Access homepage”.
• the “menu” is, for example, a menu which is displayed on the display means 37 when the right button of the mouse 39 is clicked and is selectable.
• the “action table” specifies the operation of the image data processing 305.
• the content of the operation to be specified is that when the information image file is supplied to the image data processing device 105, the file indicated by the pointer information added to the information image file is displayed on the terminal device.
• 30 HDD (storage means) 33 Whether or not to save the file, whether to execute the file automatically, and the method of executing the file (tap display, video playback, audio playback) Etc.).
• “Assign mouse operation” sets the mouse operation to access pointer information.
• the setting types are double click, Shift + double click, Ctr1 + double click, A1t + double click, and so on.
• "Bratform” refers to an environment (platform) that conforms to the file indicated by the pointer information. , OS). For example, when the OS 301 is windows (trademark), the image data processing unit 305 selects a pointer of information corresponding to windows and displays it on the menu.
• FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a method of accessing a pointer by menu selection.
• the user operates the mouse 39 (pointing device) to overlay the pointer 403 on the image 405 supplied to the image data processing window 502.
• the MPU 31 information processing means
• the MPU 31 records the image-related information (FIG. 8 (b)) contained in the information image file corresponding to the image 405. 3 to generate menu display data. That is, “command name” is extracted as a menu item, and menu 55 is displayed on display means 37.
• the user operates the mouse 39 to move the pointer 403 so as to overlap the menu item to be selected.
• click the left button of the mouse 39 to select and determine one menu item.
• the MPU 31 Upon detecting this click, the MPU 31 refers to the image-related information (FIG. 8 (b)) and inputs pointer information corresponding to the selected command name to the browser 303. To access the pointer. Upon receiving the file returned from the server 1 according to the access destination, the MPU 31 receives the received file according to the action table corresponding to the command name selected this time. Run the file. For example, playback of video by a real player (trademark) is executed.
• the image displayed in the image data processing window 502 is displayed.
• the menu items that appear when you click the button are determined by the content of the image-related information embedded in the information image file.
• the information image file including the image-related information is transmitted from the server device 20. That is, the menu item displayed by the mouse click is determined by the information downloaded from the server device 20.
• a predetermined information pointer is accessed in accordance with the operation. You can do it.
• the MPU 31 refers to the image-related information, refers to “Assignment of mouse operation” (FIG. 8 (b)), and The operation to be performed is defined. If the corresponding operation is defined, the pointer information corresponding to the operation is read, and the pointer is accessed by inputting the pointer into the browser 303.
• the MPU 31 Upon receiving the file returned from the server according to the access destination, the MPU 31 receives the received file according to the action table corresponding to the command name selected this time. Execute the file.
• the same mouse operation may be assigned to a plurality of actions.
• FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a terrorism display operation.
• “Trop display” in the function table specify the pointer where the text file of the terror is stored in the corresponding point setting information, and When downloading an information image file, the Specify that the text file is also saved to the oral card at the same time, and specify the action (control code) for displaying the terror.
• a mouse operation for example, a single click of the left button is specified (the above specification is usually performed by an information image provider on the server side).
• the MPU 31 refers to the image-related information and “saves”. Starts access to the specified pointer. Then, a text file of the terror is downloaded from the server corresponding to the pointer and stored in the HDD 33 of the mouth.
• the MPU 31 responds to the selected image.
• An elongate window for displaying a terror is displayed in the window area (or may be outside the area), and the text of the terror read out from the HDD 33 is displayed in this window. Display scroll.
• FIG. 10 when a plurality of images 405 and 405 are supplied, different taps are displayed according to the image selected by the mouse 39. Is also possible.
• the supply of the information image file to the image data processing is performed by dragging and dropping from the window 501 of the browser to the window 502 of the image data processing. It has been explained that it can be performed by a drop operation. Here, other supply methods will be described.
• FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of dragging and dropping from the menu.
• the menu 55 (first management area) is displayed by clicking the right button of the mouse 39, and a menu item for adding an information image is selected from the mouse 39.
• the menu for adding the information image is, for example, as shown in the bottom line of Fig. 8 (b), and the control code of the action table is dedicated to the image addition. Set it in the control code.
• the user operates the mouse 39 and drags a menu item for adding an information image into the window 502 (second management area) of the image data processing window. Then, the MPU 31 detects this operation and refers to the image-related information (FIG. 8 (b)).
• a new information image file may be stored inside another already supplied information image file.
• the MPU 31 sends the information to the server on the network. Rather than accessing, it refers to the image-related information in the current information image file, and It reads out another information image file registered in advance and supplies it to the image data processing 305 (second management area).
• the image data processing can be performed.
• An information image file may be supplied to the server.
• the window for browsing the mail text and the window for checking the attached files are the first management area.
• the information image file can be distributed via electronic mail and used by recipients, so that effective information dissemination is possible.
• An information image file once copied to a predetermined folder from a browser or mail software is transferred from the folder (first management area) to the image data processing window 502 (second It may be supplied by dropping it to the 'management area'.
• the MPU 31 detects a drag / and-drop operation from an arbitrary folder to the image data processing window 502, and detects the drag / and-drop from the browser described above. 'Supply the information image file to the image data processing unit 105 as in the case of the drop processing.
• the supply of the information image file to the image data processing device 305 can also be realized by replacing the above-described operation of the drag-and-drop with another operation.
• the MPU 31 detects that an information image file managed outside of the image data processing device 2005 has been clicked, and the information image file concerned is detected.
• the file may be supplied to the image data processing device 105.
• an information image file managed outside the image data processing device 30 is copied to the clipboard, and thereafter, the image data processing window 5 is opened from the clipboard.
• this operation may be detected by the MPU 31 and the information image file may be supplied to the image data processing.
• the information image file may be supplied from a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD ROM.
• a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD ROM.
• the information image file displayed in the folder (first management area) of the CDROM can be copied by the drag-and-drop operation, the click operation, and the copy operation described above.
• the image data may be supplied to the image data processing unit 105 (second management area) by an 'and' paste operation or the like, or the installer is automatically installed when the CDROM starts up.
• the installer may be activated to supply the information image file recorded in the CDROM or the like to the image data processing unit 305.
• the installer checks the information image file that has already been supplied to the image data processing unit 105 and checks the unsupplied information image file. Alternatively, only the information image file may be selected and supplied to the image data processing unit 105.
• the information image file can be distributed as an appendix of a magazine, and can be distributed to an unspecified number of users for use.
• the first management area and the second management area may be provided by independent windows (processes and programs) as shown in FIG. 4, but other management areas may be provided. Implementation by form is also possible. Some examples are shown below. You.
• Fig. 12 shows a window 5001 of the web browser and a window 502 of the image data processing provided by a single program, and operation of the input means 35.
• the information image file 400 displayed on the web browser window 501 is accessed, and the image data processing window 50 in the knock ground is accessed. Register to 2.
• the display selection tab is operated through the input means 35 to display a window 502 for image data processing. This makes it possible to access information image files that have been registered for image data processing.
• Fig. 13 shows a frame structure display window.
• One frame is provided as a web browser window 501, and the other frame is processed as image data. Window 50 2 simultaneously.
• the information image file 404 can be easily dragged and dropped from the web browser frame 401 to the image data processing frame.
• the information image file can be supplied to the image data processing by the other access method described above.
• the processing means 31 executes the web browser.
• the above-mentioned various methods can be adopted as a method of accessing the information image file.
• the activated plug-in adds the management of the new information image file to the local HTML file previously stored in the storage means 33 as a second management area. Then, after adding the new information image, copy the local HTML file. Deploy to the web browser as the second management area 402.
• the local HTML file may be deployed to an existing web browser, or a new web browser may be started and deployed separately.
• the identification information adding process 205 of the server device 20 has a function of encrypting and adding image-related information to be added to image data.
• the encryption algorithm is updated after a predetermined period. By encrypting the image-related information, it is possible to prevent a third party from illegally adding, deleting, or modifying the image-related information to use the image file.
• the MPU 31 when referring to the image-related information added to the image data, the MPU 31 decodes the image-related information.
• the decryption algorithm is stored in the HDD 33 in advance corresponding to the encryption algorithm in the server device 20. However, since the encryption algorithm of the server device 20 is updated after a certain period of time, if the encryption algorithm of the server device 20 is updated, the decryption algorithm of the terminal device 30 is also updated. Must be updated to match the updated encryption algorithm.
• the server device 20 manages the version of the decryption algorithm stored in the terminal device 30 in a database for each ID (IP address or the like) of the terminal device.
• the server device 20 encrypts the image-related information.
• the algorithm is updated, the IDs of all terminal devices are flagged, and thereafter, the terminal device accessing the server device 20 and the flag corresponding to the ID of the terminal device is set.
• the terminal device For the standing one, it sends and updates the decryption algorithm corresponding to the new encryption algorithm. Then, the flag corresponding to the ID of the terminal device that has been updated is released.
• the decryption algorithm is stored in the HDD 23 of the server device.
• the image data processing 2005 attempts to decode the image-related information included in the information image file when the information image file is supplied, and the data structure of the decoded image-related information is changed. It has a function to check whether it is normal or not. If the data structure after decryption is not normal, supply of the information image file is prohibited. As a result, it is possible to prevent the supply of an illegally altered information image file. Further, the determination of an incorrect information image file may be made based on the identification information added to the image data.
• Charging is based on the fact that when an information image file is supplied from the browser to the image data processing unit 105, the image data processing unit 205 accesses the server device 20 and requests the charging process. Therefore, it is being done.
• the access log (generation log) described in the embodiment of the invention is generated on condition that an information image file is supplied from the browser to the image data processing device 105 in the terminal device 30. It has become.
• the MPU 31 recognizes the identification information embedded in the information image file from the supplied information image file.
• the information is extracted, and the identification information and the file name of the information image file are transmitted to the server device 20.
• the server 20 transmits the received identification information and image file. It associates the file name with the IP address and host name of the accessing terminal and the access date and time, and generates the generation log described above (Fig. 3). For this reason, the fact that the information image file was supplied to the terminal device 30 for image data processing is recorded in the access log of the server device 20.
• the first billing method is to charge the same information image file by the same terminal (or the same user or the same image data processing device with the same ID). This method does not charge for the subsequent supply.
• the MPU 31 of the terminal device determines the unique identification information assigned to the information image file and the information image file.
• the file name of the file is transmitted to the server device 20 and an application for billing is made to the server device 30.
• the MPU 21 of the server device that received the billing request compares the IP address and host name of the terminal accessed this time, and the received identification information and image file name with the generated log, It is determined whether or not the same information image file has been supplied to the image data processor 305 in the same terminal in the past. As a result, if the same image file is supplied, no charge will be made for this supply. On the other hand, if the same information image file is not supplied to the image data processing unit 305 in the same terminal, it is charged as a new supply.
• the second charging method is a method in which, even in the case of supplying the same information image file to the same terminal in the first charging method, if the supply is made on a different day, a new charging is performed.
• One possible use of information image files is to provide free content services only within the validity period. In such a case, use the same information image file on the same terminal. If you can supply your bills repeatedly without billing, the expiration date of your free content service becomes meaningless. Therefore, even if the same information image file is supplied by the same terminal, charging is performed on a different day.
• the MPU 31 of the terminal device determines the unique identification information assigned to the information image file and the information image file.
• the server sends the file name of the file to the server device 20 and requests the server device 30 for charging.
• the MPU 21 of the server device that received the billing request compares the IP address and host name of the terminal that accessed this time, the received identification information and the image file name with the generation port, Judge whether the exact same data is registered on the same day. As a result, if it is registered on the same day, no billing is performed. On the other hand, if the same day is not registered on the same day, charging for the current supply of the information image file is performed.
• the same user may be determined instead of the same terminal.
• a user authentication institution (function) is provided inside or outside the server device 20, and when the terminal device 30 requests access to the server device 20, the user authentication institution requests the user to authenticate. If the user has been successfully authenticated, access to the server device 30 is permitted. According to this, since the user can be specified, it is possible to determine whether or not the same information image file has been supplied to the image data processing unit 305 in the past for each user.
• the Java TM trademark Or ActiveX (trademark) control It is possible to implement it with knowledge.
• Both the JavaScript and ActiveX controls are run by browser software, such as Netscape TM and the Internet Explorer TM. It is a program unit that can be used.
• the execution code is Java intermediate, the Java intermediate code, and the ActiveX control is written in the native code of the CPU. It is ready to get started.
• both the Java Applet and the ActiveX control allow the graphics to be displayed on the browser screen. When using these Java ablets, ActiveX controls, etc., prepare an abbreviated to display images instead of the icons with embedded related information.
• unique identification information corresponding to the transaction object is generated, the generated identification information is added to predetermined image data provided by the transaction information providing device, and the correspondence between the identification information and the transaction object is recorded.
• the transaction target corresponding to the identification information added to the solid image data is identified, and the name of the settlement processing device separately set for each transaction target, Payment information such as prices can be obtained relatively easily.
• the user can specify the transaction object later only by saving the image data to which the identification information is added.
• the settlement can be performed relatively easily, and the user can easily conduct a business transaction.

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